Understanding the Environmental Impact of Products through Life Cycle Analysis
Explore the concept of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to understand how products impact the environment at different stages of their life cycle. By looking at what goes into making a product, how it is produced, transported, used, and disposed of, you can gain insights into its environmental footprint. Embrace the importance of being mindful of sustainability and environmental impacts in product consumption and disposal.
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Where does it fit in? What are you doing? You will be tested on this topic. Learn about the LCA of a product. Why are you learning this? . It is important to be aware of the environmental impacts of products. Believe Approach the task positively Achieve Learn as many new things as you can! Succeed Take quality notes and focus on the task. Enjoy Have fun, but work Safely Support Work independently and support each other
What % of mobile phone users recycle their phone? 3% What is the average time spent on social media in a persons life time (YouTube, face book, snap chat, twitter, Instagram) How many times per day, does the average user pick up their mobile phones? 85 times a DAY - twice as often as they realise. What does Nomophobia mean? How many different types of metals are used to make the average mobile? It is the fear of being without your mobile phone or losing your signal. 62, including 16 of the 17 rare earth metals How much time (per day) do people spend on their mobile phones in 2017? More people in the world have mobile phones than what? On average its over 4 hours a day. Toilets
LCA (Life cycle analysis) Working out the total impact a product has on the environment by looking at each stage of its life
In pairs, discuss what each of these headings mean.
Just as living things are born, get older, and die, products also complete a life cycle. Each stage of product's life cycle can affect the environment in different ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lfhtIr2gmE
What was used to make the product? (e.g. plastics, metals, fabric How and where was it produced? (in the UK or overseas?) How do the processes effect the environment? How can it be disposed of? (charity shop, recycled, landfill) How was it transported at each stage of the lifecycle? (ship, lorry, train) What packaging is used? What was the product s impact during the use stage? (use of energy, water)
Read the information on the sheet provided. Fill in the blanks from the information on the sheet given, into the correct stage. In your own words, write a paragraph that explains what a LCA is.
Discuss and answer these questions around your tables. Explain the impact a mobile phone can have for one of the stages. What does LCA mean? What does LCA stand for? Name the 5 stages of a LCA
